EuroMillions £113million winner ‘has claimed prize’

The UK winner of the record-breaking £113 million EuroMillions Lottery jackpot – which had gone unclaimed for almost two weeks – has come forward to claim the money, Camelot has announced.

The winner of £113m EuroMillions Lottery has now come forward, according to Camelot

A spokeswoman for Camelot said a winning ticket had been presented to them, and verified as being legitimate. The winner is reportedly still making up their mind about whether or not to let their name be made public.

The £113,019,926 tax-free jackpot from the draw on Friday October 8 is the biggest lottery prize ever to be paid out in the UK. The owner of the winning ticket will immediately become the 589th richest person in Britain, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2010, and will be wealthier than pop icons like Rod Stewart and David Bowie , according to Camelot.

The lottery operator revealed on Tuesday that they had received over 1,000 ‘lost ticket’ claims over the massive jackpot – some of which were from people who admitted they didn’t even know whether their lost tickets matched the winning numbers.

One unnamed pensioner who believed her husband threw away her winning ticket was said to have a written record of her ‘win’. She told the Coventry Telegraph although she had noted down her winning numbers after buying a EuroMillions ticket, her husband had binned it by the time she realised her good fortune.

If the ticket-holder decides to remain anonymous then no further details, including the location where the winning ticket was purchased, will be revealed, Camelot said.